4. Grim Fandango

Windows

The one thing you can expect from a Tim Schafer-created game is that it is going to be like nothing you have ever seen before. The preeminent example of this is probably Grim Fandango, Schafer’s film noir-inspired adventure game from LucasArts.

Grim Fandango was released as the golden age of point-and-click adventure games was coming to an end, so this brilliantly written and designed game was slightly overlooked upon its release.

Using Mexico’s Day of the Dead as it’s visual muse, Grim Fandango constructs a world made up of paper mâché characters that conduct themselves as if they were living out the plot from TheMaltese Falcon. One of the key Tim Schafer trademarks is how committed he gets to his subject matter, so it is no surprise that the level of detail is a joy to behold. Even with better graphics and improved technology, when a game is made with such creative flare, the visuals will hold up no matter when you go back to play it. Such is the case with Grim Fandango.